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purchasing italian grips? any of you fellas (or ladies) know of a good site to get a left-handed italian grip for a decent price? I tried one a LOOOOONNG time ago and I need to buy something "The shopowner and his son ... well that's an entirely different story altogether ... I had to beat them to death with their own shoes."
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Are you asking about Italian or Visconte grips? There is no such thing as left-handed or right-handed Italian grips. Donald Hollis Clinton, Jr. DHCJr@juno.com
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Originally posted by DHCJr There is no such thing as left-handed or right-handed Italian grips. Not entirely true. Older Santelli Italian gripped bellguards had the blade rotated in one direction or another, which helped grip it with one hand, but made it practically unusable in the other. It isn't really a worry now, though, because I haven't seen an Italian gripped bellguard made by anyone but Negrini for quite some time. If this post did not contain any sarcasm, it very well should have.
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sorry just a regular italian grip "The shopowner and his son ... well that's an entirely different story altogether ... I had to beat them to death with their own shoes."
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Assuming that you are going to be fencing electric, are you talking about italian grips with a false ricasso or are you going to be using a blade with a real ricasso? If you are planning to use an electric weapon with a real ricasso, the difference between the left and right handed grips is the position of the socket which is usually bolted on. Italian blades with a real ricasso cannot be canted. Dry italian foils with real ricassos are ambidextrous. If you are using a false ricasso with a regular blade (usually a flattened piece of tubing) you would use any italian grip and position the socket to your hand (the socket is held in place by the false ricasso. In this type of grip you can cant the foil blade and you would use a regular italian foil guard. I believe that amercian fencers has a few two prong italian grips and santelli sells the bayonet plug version. Otherwise, just purchase a dry italian grip from either venders with a false ricasso and stick a socket in.
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Originally posted by Pho ..Otherwise, just purchase a dry italian grip from either venders with a false ricasso and stick a socket in. I know but from where! yes i need a dry italian grip and blade "The shopowner and his son ... well that's an entirely different story altogether ... I had to beat them to death with their own shoes."
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If you are based in russia how about mail order direct from negrini? you can find them at www.negrini.com.
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oh yeah I guess I should change that I'm in the USA now "The shopowner and his son ... well that's an entirely different story altogether ... I had to beat them to death with their own shoes."
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in that case www.santelli.com or www.amfence.com should have them
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